China's WuXi Biologics announces research service agreement worth $20 M with BioNTech

China's WuXi Biologics has signed a research service agreement with Germany-based BioNTech SE, a next generation immunot...

January 11, 2024 | Thursday | News
Novartis acquires China-based startup SanReno Therapeutics to enhance kidney diseases treatment

China-based startup SanReno Therapeutics,  a clinical-stage company specializing in the discovery, development...

January 5, 2024 | Friday | News
Menarini Group and Insilico Medicine ink oncology deal worth $500 M

The Menarini Group, a leading international pharmaceutical and diagnostics company headquartered in Italy, and Stemline ...

January 5, 2024 | Friday | News
Heranova Lifesciences debuts with $13.5 M funding to focus on women's healthcare

US-based startup Heranova Lifesciences Holdingce in China as well, has announced the successful completion of a $ 1...

January 2, 2024 | Tuesday | News
“We are looking at NIPT, cancer screening tests, and infectious disease surveillance as growth areas”

BGI Genomics has a strong foundation in supporting the Human Genome Project. How has the organisation evolved over the y...

December 31, 2023 | Sunday | Opinion
GenSci launches global innovation hub in Shanghai to address gynaecology and paediatrics challenges

Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical (GenSci), a subsidiary of Changchun High-Tech Industries (Group), recently held a g...

December 26, 2023 | Tuesday | News
HKBU and China Resources Enterprise establish joint innovation centre on Smart Chinese Medicine

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and China Resources Research Institute of Science and Technology (CRRIST), a subsidi...

December 21, 2023 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca buys biotech startup Gracell for $1 B to further cell therapy ambition

British biophamaceutical firm AstraZeneca has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gracell Biotechnologies Inc...

December 26, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong-based study lays focus on increased burden of laryngeal cancer in women

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has collaborated with the Associati...

December 19, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Japan-based GHIT Fund invests $8.8 M in new drug development projects for malaria

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund, headquartered in Japan, has announced an investment of approximatel...

December 15, 2023 | Friday | News
China's MGI Tech takes cutting-edge DNA, Cell and Spatial Omics capabilities to Australia

MGI Australia, a subsidiary of China headquartered MGI Tech Co., a global leader in life science technology, has announc...

December 15, 2023 | Friday | News
China-based HaploX partners with Illumina to build benchtop sequencing system

US-based Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, and HaploX, a China-based high-t...

December 12, 2023 | Tuesday | News
South African firm Aspen to acquire Sandoz's China business

South Africa based Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited, a global multinational specialty pharmaceutical company, has ...

December 11, 2023 | Monday | News
Leading global scientists launch Pandemic Research Alliance for concerted research & collaboration

World-renowned professors from six leading institutions in four countries have launched the Pandemic Research Allia...

December 8, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore-China collaboration to explore allogeneic gamma delta T cell technology for cancer treatment

CytoMed Therapeutics, a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company focused on harnessing its proprietary technologies to ...

December 5, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Novartis invests $84.6 M in new radiopharmaceutical production base in China

Swiss firm Novartis has announced that it will invest in setting up a new radiopharmaceutical production base in China t...

December 5, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Akeso invests RMB 850 M to establish Shanghai Global R&D Centre

Akeso, a China-based biopharmaceutical company, has announced the establishment of the Akeso Global R&D Centre....

November 30, 2023 | Thursday | News
Research Centre for Assistive Technology opens in Hong Kong to support people with disabilities

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has inaugurated the Research Centre for Assistive Technology (RCATech) to s...

November 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Asep Medical signs Joint Venture agreement with Sansure Biotech in China

Canada-based Asep Medical Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary Sepset Biosciences Inc., has signed a definitive jo...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Experimental Drug Development Centre inks new collaboration with Chinese startup XtalPi

XtalPi, an innovative technology company powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, has signed a Memoran...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Acrometa to strengthen biopharma sector by developing co-working lab space biz in China

Acrometa Group, an established specialist engineering service provider in the field of controlled environments serving m...

November 21, 2023 | Tuesday | News
China-based Meihua International unveils AI-powered medical device logistics platform

Meihua International Medical Technologies Co. (MHUA), a manufacturer and provider of Class I, II and III disposable medi...

November 20, 2023 | Monday | News
Hong Kong Jockey Club Global Health Institute to bolster global preparedness for future pandemics

The University of Hong Kong (HKU), the University of Cambridge (UCAM), and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) hav...

November 17, 2023 | Friday | News
Jiahui Health develops international CAR-T treatment platform in China

Jiahui Health and IASO Biotechnology have announced a deepening of their strategic collaboration to jointly build a ...

November 16, 2023 | Thursday | News
Africa and China commit to deepen cooperation for public healthcare

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the China Centres for Disease Control and Prevent...

November 15, 2023 | Wednesday | News